Just a month after CompUSA was sold to liquidation firm Gordon Brothers Group, TigerDirect owner Systemax will be spending $30 million for the CompUSA brand, trademarks, online business, and up to 16 brick-and-mortar stores (the location of these stores have not yet been chosen).
Systemax CEO Richard Leeds says “the value of the CompUSA brand remains [...]
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Iqua announced a new Bluetooth hands-free system to help you have clear conversations from your car without having to wear an earpiece.
The Iqua Bluetooth Snake says the secret to it sounding good is because it sits so close to your head. The speakers are just behind your head and the microphone is near your cheek.
It [...]
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While currently just a prototype, a new DLP display with OLED illumination from Alienware is something we may actually see for sale as soon as the second half of 2008.
The 2880 x 900 resolution is said to mimic peripheral vision and has a response time of less than .02-miliseconds.
The Engadget crew did notice three faint [...]
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There are wi-fi finding handheld devices and shirts, but this is first laptop bag I’ve heard about that has a Wi-Fi finder built-in.
The “Wifinder” line of laptop bags from Soyntec offers four different styles, priced from 43 (about $62) to €43 (about $101).
For more information, check out their product page here.
[Via Gizmodo]
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Sony has introduced a HUGE camcorder lineup at CES, with no less than 16 models.
Gizmodo has done a great job breaking them down, so here’s a simplified version of that, starting with the high-definition camcorders:
HDR-SR Line: 1920×1080 AVCHD camcorder featuring up to 120GB hard drive, Dolby 5.1, Face Detection on photos and videos
The new camcorders [...]
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Not a lot of info about this one yet, but Samsung brought a special TV to CES–the Quad HD TV.
That’s right, quad HD, so it has twice the vertical and horizontal sharpness as 1080p, with a resolution of 3840×2160.
No broadcast or disc supports that resolution so it would be rather pointless right now if it [...]
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Casio has announced a new digital camera, the EXILIM EX-F1 at CES.
A lot of cameras have a burst mode, but the EX-F1 is able to take 60fps of full-resolution photos!
It also has something called “slow motion view” that will show you those 60 photos in the viewfinder and let you keep just the one you [...]
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